Loveland is a great place if you just like to ski and don't really care about anything else. Their park is downright pitiful. But they have great terrain and more snow than anywhere else on the front range. some super sick hike to stuff. It's Reasonably big, but obviously smaller than vail, breck, copper. enough terrain to stay entertained for a couple years. One of the cool things about loveland is there is a really cool group of super sick big mountain skiers. I feel like at most ski area the odds of showing up by yourself for a day and finding someone sick to rip with are very slim. But at loveland you will always find someone cool to ski with. Its a great community. Sorta like the park scene at breck/key but for big mountain types. I know there is some form of employee housing, but not at loveland. Ask LovelandSkiArea on NS, he is a awesome guy who runs all the rail jam/slopestyle events at loveland, i'm sure he can give you more insight.